Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-02-03

The right OF eltizshS 81 The tinted Bfates 70
vote shall not be denied OF ABRIDGED BY the
United States. or by state. on account OF sex
Congress shall hyve power by appropriate legis-
lation to enforce the provisions VI this article
The resolution was rejected as follows:
xEAs-I6s -
. E.Sls s s.A..U sss ;s .
cOngsr. Mitchell lob, Wilson Iowa, !.
Dolph, Palmer,
k hpa E Es,s 4 SIa ss sss,ssl :
BldckbHfAat Hawley. seweit
Brotrn. Ingalls, SpooneE
Call Jones lNev.l, IaHcei
cockrell Mcmillan gest
r0IqaiH, Malone, lYhitihoFne. 2
Eustis. MORGAN Mlilams,
Evarts, Morrill,, Wilson tMd}
George, Payne,
Gray. Pueh,
neutrality-suspicious. in Roman. Democrats In
''f Pair wrrs announced uetween Messra
Chase and RANSOM Dawes and Maxey, upr-
man and FRYE, Stanford and Camden, Mil
Ter and Kenna. Butler and Cameron, Jones
lark and Harrison. Mr. Plumb was absent
when the vote was t.ken, but atterward said
be would have voted aye
nc USE.
The house settled me Rhode Island contested
election case o; Page vs.. Pierce by adopting .
iresols4e zs declaring ttg sat vacsnt. lsID :
/. .aJhM IjFkEkA1ss laUtId
Mr.. Salisbury offered an amendment re-
During the investigation to be conducted II
Washington county, Tex Mr.. Hoar opposed
the amendment, which was rejected-yeat
%, nays 80 Mr. Call opposed she resoln.
a. al tha Vef HfA nf the
government and its institutions
A resolut ion Tor the investigation OF the
alleged depr ivation OF the right OF suffrage
in the case of three petitioners In Wash
ington co unity, Texas, was adopted by q
strict part Y vote, the dem osratic senators
in the negative. In the Secret SEES
sion Of the senate to-day the nomination OF
J. c. Matthews of Albany. the colored re
corder of deeds OF this district. was reached
and discussed for an hour, a majority OF the
senators present giving their reasons for thf
vote they were about 60 cast The nomina.
ton was rejected. The vote is understood
TO have been x 10 81 The minority three
are Republicans, and a proportional number
of the majority are said TO be Democrats
IN THE HOUSE
The speaker laid before the house letter
from the secretary of the treasury submit
ting estimates OF an appropriation to rlieei
the expenditures required by the pension
bill Referred The secretary of the interior
estimates that 81 sos. 104 win be REQUIRED
FOR the first yearly payment OF pensions, ana
asks for an appropriation OF S2o5 600 foi
an increase OF clerical force. The confer,
ence report on the amy appropriation -hi!
was agreed To- 81
SENArgA1Th bill prob ting Jnernhers-ni coli-
gress from being emplosed by government
aided railroad companies was discussed without
final action
Mr. Berry advocated the bill
He did not believe that senator or member
Union Pacific or the Nor. hern Pacific railroad
companies could act and vote tmparttaly on
ihs e9estiS iSntiias III q SJAfhs Agr'r e r7
q Sh5enss S;enss q III us IL n were offsred bs
MessEs Plat and Hoar. The latter said:
The bill was aimed at a state Of things not ex.
isiing aud not likely TO exist. He was Hing q
60 as far as TO provide that when a lard grant
TaiiTSs s IS asd isSi;ss
should take part IN that legislation. and that was
the purport Of the amendment which he had Of
fered
Mr. Frye interrupted debate in order,
IS, he said, to 1gtys . n5eee of Tfornaeoa
He read IAN ssokIatsdiprsss tssestaHA 3ast
received from PASSPORT Me. stating;
The winter school of herring had struck
mo the American shore About TWENTY-FIVE
English cats and vessels were there fishing
wtShin the shore line. Meanwhile the Eng
litlcguiser u ddieton was cruising DetwEen
Eastport aud ssandrems. ready 70 seizeiaby
AI1eIicaB fshermeI. that might venture be
you'd the dead line. til
That Was all he 3aitl
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan 2S.-The senate
coIapiittee on privileges and elections To-
day appointed as subcommittee 10 infes-
tigate the alleged Texas outrages, MessES
Eyasts, Teller, Spooner. Pugh and Eustfs
senator SDoCner was hfSt selected as cheif-
man but asked 20 be excused in consequences
OF the legislative matters of Importance
W hich are in his hands and will largely COM
mahd his time to the end of the session.
The subcommittee win begin its hearing at
oncA Fl
3 ~ THE HOUSE -
1he house met at IL o'clock in continual
tioscaf yesterdays session, and the speakei
ann6unced that tho pending Question was
upon the passage of the Washington Cable
hallway company bill The demand was
withdFa wa-sas er5eF a, nd ow-yaffouy amend
mems O. hs-s n Lad 1.-The iAin passed Mr.
Forney presented the conference report on
the bill making an annual appropriation OF
500, 900 FOR the leqaiptnent OF the militia
forces OF the United States, and it was
agreed 70.
Tbs plqsopH ahsnia biIlsyss DISEASED
at Efeaf aeHeti& 4 - u sslats -
bEAAIE-
The senate passed senate bill No. 2436.
fixing new boundaries for the Yeliowstone
National Park. There was considerable
scrimoaioasf debate over the bid DIR.
Butler argued against the bill.
He opposed it because of the summary
jurisdiction over ofienses, committed in the
Park gwen to the commissioners ereated
by the bill. He held that to be, uneonsti-
; tutissal, as also the clause which empow-
ers the secretary OF the interior to estab-
Hsh rules and regulations and to declare
|, what shall be offenses. -,
On motion Of Mr.. Hoar the bill was
amended by a provision for an appeal to
the district court Of Wyoming Territory
in cases Of Imprisonment, -aRa-tben it was
passed. Yeas 40. nays 5. The pays were
Nessrs. Berry. Butler, Coke. Gsorgs MrNil-
Ian. Morgan, Whitthorne and Wilson (Md.l
1 The bin as passed. in addition 20 the
amendments mentioned above, PROV tiles
for dropping the northern boundary line
to make ii identical with the forty 9th de-
gree of north latitude so as TO place the
whole park within the Territory OF Wyom-
ing The United States IS giTen sole iitis-
diction and control in the park. except an
der such modification az are made by the
bill. Where no oliense is provided fnr by
the United States laws the laws OF Wyom.
ing shall be made app eahle, and tugitiyes
from justice taking refuge Ia the park shall
be subjected 10. the same laws a. the same
fHgitives in the Territory Of Wyoming.
Mr. Vest, moved that the railpOd attbr-
neys ldIl be postponed till Monday.
Agreed TO by "a to "a. s:a eT i Esls.
Mr.. Beck, remarkiHg that the bill had
been placed at the bottom of the, calender,
announced With much warmth that on
Monday and every tothsr dag. when he
h., If he l.il mill a
fair vote on Il WAS seeHrsSi. 1.i {sAi
HOUSE. ~ "a
Mr.. Biount, in charge OF the postofiee
appropriations i;hin sSIaainedf its provi-
sions stating:
No nov legislation 5was proposed. THE
estimates OF the department had been in
the main followed. There was an increase
n the appropriation for mail Interpretations
|; and nostoffiee INSPECTORS i or this service
$500. 600 was given, being an increase Of
$iOO,O0 over the appropriation OF last
year, This incfsRse WIS given To enable
the postmaster general to investigate more
thoroughly the frauds which in many
epses existed in the conduct of fourth.
tiass pos toisces. He cited several ms times
where iourth-elass postmasters had made
false reports as to the amounts Of stamps
cancelled by them and upon which their
compensation was based, and he expressed
the belief that a great reformation OF The
service would be worked il the pestmssters
OF this class knew that the postmaster
general had an increased force OF inspect
OTIS at his COMMAND. ;49 Ia$
The bill passed, as dill also the District
Of Columbia appropriation bin.
In the hoase Mr.. Bragg asked tSat the
commistee on military affairs be discharg-
sd IRON the consideration OF Mr.. Nelson's
House B;ll I0.S01, eeding Fort Ripley.
Minn7, TO the State of MINNESOTA rs the
ate for the erection OF soldiers hunle.
and the same referred to the committee on
public lnRdss The reguest was made or
the ground that the bill had been reierrst
to the secretary OF war, who TO-DAY re.
piled, Saying that the reservation had been